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Our laboratories have cutting-edge facilities and equipment for mass spectrometry and bioinformatics, and imaging facilities that include confocal laser scanning microscopes for 3D live-cell imaging. We also have marine and freshwater aquaria, glasshouses, and an electrophysiology suite.</p> <p>Our research is addressing global challenges, such as the POSHBee consortium led by Professor Mark Brown, which aims to support healthy bee populations, sustainable beekeeping and pollination across Europe.</p></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="page-section sdg-tags"> <div class="container"> <div class="sdg-content-wrap organisation-sdgs"> <h2 class="subheader">UN Sustainable Development Goals</h2> <p class="sdg-text">In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/" target="_blank">Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)</a> to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):</p> <ul class="sdgs-content"> <li> <img alt="SDG 1 - No Poverty" title="SDG 1 - No Poverty" class="no_poverty" src="/assets/sdg_icons/no_poverty-152d4285ffa99f63d2c24faa8c6ae1e6.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 2 - Zero Hunger" title="SDG 2 - Zero Hunger" class="zero_hunger" src="/assets/sdg_icons/zero_hunger-8f35b7109bd9ecb88f3262e1349afb33.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being" title="SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being" class="good_health_and_well_being" src="/assets/sdg_icons/good_health_and_well_being-ca66cb937719976ce918816020def2ec.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation" title="SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation" class="clean_water_and_sanitation" src="/assets/sdg_icons/clean_water_and_sanitation-8884b7035ac6e3b41dc71f42a6e3e897.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy" title="SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy" class="affordable_and_clean_energy" src="/assets/sdg_icons/affordable_and_clean_energy-3ef7b8830c5ae63dc37fecf9e07b7fb8.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth" title="SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth" class="decent_work_and_economic_growth" src="/assets/sdg_icons/decent_work_and_economic_growth-f82f7cc7255870c88a43e48b79772f97.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure" title="SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure" class="industry_innovation_and_infrastructure" src="/assets/sdg_icons/industry_innovation_and_infrastructure-f6ac329b3d6b0c40b72e8bb0c46a88d9.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities" title="SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities" class="reduced_inequalities" src="/assets/sdg_icons/reduced_inequalities-8bb4302575a086560a67ee5f8961db72.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities" title="SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities" class="sustainable_cities_and_communities" src="/assets/sdg_icons/sustainable_cities_and_communities-31bf806f901b93759d828884fd5df53f.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production" title="SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production" class="responsible_consumption_and_production" src="/assets/sdg_icons/responsible_consumption_and_production-309b9599b314a8ef34f446a7e4215de6.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 13 - Climate Action" title="SDG 13 - Climate Action" class="climate_action" src="/assets/sdg_icons/climate_action-bf9936c5a1e66601be3cd2b75da7ce3f.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 14 - Life Below Water" title="SDG 14 - Life Below Water" class="life_below_water" src="/assets/sdg_icons/life_below_water-ab710e5d53fa05458473f4b2cb73dd74.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 15 - Life on Land" title="SDG 15 - Life on Land" class="life_on_land" src="/assets/sdg_icons/life_on_land-f1b7e3dbbb3a9410964d6fbb4b31f821.svg"/> </li> <li> <img alt="SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" title="SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" class="peace_justice_and_strong_institutions" src="/assets/sdg_icons/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions-05bb2c5c2784243923979f91286779c0.svg"/> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="page-section content-relation-section organisation-network" aria-labelledby="networkmap-title"> <div class="container"> <div class="header"> <h2 class="section-title" id="networkmap-title"> <i class="icon icon-network-menu" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="title">Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years</span> </h2> <div class="sub-title"> Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. 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href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fthesis%2Fdoc"><span> 205 </span></a> <span class="label">Doctoral Thesis</span> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link count increment-counter" aria-label=" 144 Chapter" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fchapter"><span> 144 </span></a> <span class="label">Chapter</span> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link count increment-counter" aria-label=" 68 Literature review" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Fscientific"><span> 68 </span></a> <span class="label">Literature review</span> </li> <li class="dropdown"> <button class="count increment-counter" data-toggle="dropdown"> 196 </button> 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href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Fbook"><span> <strong>10</strong> Book/Film/Article review </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="8 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fentry"><span> <strong>8</strong> Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="6 Comment/debate" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Fcomment"><span> <strong>6</strong> Comment/debate </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="6 Other contribution" 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href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fpatent%2Fpatent"><span> <strong>1</strong> Patent </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="1 Master's Thesis" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fthesis%2Fmaster"><span> <strong>1</strong> Master's Thesis </span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> <script> $("ul.content-statistics li.index").last().addClass("separator"); </script> <div class="flex-break"></div> <div class="chart-container" id="chart-content-publication-by-year" style="display: none;" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <p class="legend">Research output per year</p> <div class="chart-wrapper"> <canvas></canvas> </div> <p class="legend">Research output per year</p> </div> <table id="publication-container-table" class="sr-only" aria-hidden="true"></table> 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class="rendering rendering_upmproject rendering_short rendering_upmproject_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="UPMProject" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/projects/replacing-valproate-with-a-safer-broad-spectrum-drug-for-epilepsy-2" class="link"><span>Replacing valproate with a safer, broad-spectrum drug for epilepsy treatment</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/robin-williams" class="link person"><span>Williams, R.</span></a> (PI)</p><p class="fundings"><a rel="UEOExternalOrganisation" href="#" class="link"><span>Medical Research Council MRC</span></a></p><p class="period"><span class="date">1/04/24</span> → <span class="date">31/03/26</span></p><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Project<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification">Research</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_upmproject rendering_short rendering_upmproject_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="UPMProject" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/projects/how-do-we-know-if-it-worked-measuring-nature-friendly-behaviour-c" class="link"><span>How do we know if it worked? Measuring nature-friendly behaviour change</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-papworth" class="link person"><span>Papworth, S.</span></a> (Fellow)</p><p class="fundings"><a rel="UEOExternalOrganisation" href="#" class="link"><span>British Academy</span></a></p><p class="period"><span class="date">29/03/24</span> → <span class="date">28/03/25</span></p><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Project<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification">Research</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_upmproject rendering_short rendering_upmproject_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="UPMProject" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/projects/ebioact-environmentally-sustainable-production-of-bioactive-trite" class="link"><span>EBioAct: Environmentally sustainable production of bioactive triterpenes</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/paul-fraser" class="link person"><span>Fraser, P.</span></a> (PI), <a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/genny-enfissi" class="link person"><span>Enfissi, G.</span></a> (CoI) & <a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/laura-perez" class="link person"><span>Perez, L.</span></a> (CoI)</p><p class="fundings"><a rel="UEOExternalOrganisation" href="#" class="link"><span>Biotechnology&BioSci Research BBSRC</span></a></p><p class="period"><span class="date">14/02/24</span> → <span class="date">13/02/26</span></p><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Project<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification">Research</span></p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> <div class="view-all"> <a class="portal_link btn-primary btn-large" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/projects/"><span> View all 428 projects <i class="icon icon-right-open-mini" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section content-relation-section organisation-activities"> <div class="container"> <div class="header"> <h2 class="section-title" id="related-activities-title"> <i class="icon icon-activities" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="title"> Activities </span> </h2> <div class="content-trends"> <button rel="toggle-activity-chart" data-year-url="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?year=" aria-label="Activities per year" class="chart-toggler" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="title"> Activities per year <img src="/assets/gizmo-expand-61f33ba7afaffaa77611abfb62f97a9e.svg" aria-hidden="true" alt="" class="expand" /> <img src="/assets/gizmo-contract-7adbcd523b1972d72d537e479dd74798.svg" aria-hidden="true" alt="" class="contract" /> </span> <span class="inline-trend-graph"> <span class="year year-start">2000</span> <span class="trend-graph-wrapper"> <span class="bar" style="height: 60.0%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2012</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 70.0%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2015</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 95.00%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2016</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 70.0%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2017</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 100%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2018</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 85.00%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2019</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 75.00%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2020</span> </span> <span class="bar" style="height: 50.0%;"> <span aria-expanded="false" role="tooltip">2022</span> </span> </span> <span class="year year-end">2023</span> </span> </button> <ul class="content-statistics"> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link count increment-counter" aria-label=" 61 Participation in conference" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fconferenceparticipation"><span> 61 </span></a> <span class="label">Participation in conference</span> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link count increment-counter" aria-label=" 25 Invited talk" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Ftalk%2Finvited_talk"><span> 25 </span></a> <span class="label">Invited talk</span> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link count increment-counter" aria-label=" 22 Editor of research journal" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Feditorialwork%2Fresearchjournal"><span> 22 </span></a> <span class="label">Editor of research journal</span> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link count increment-counter" aria-label=" 17 Oral presentation" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Ftalk%2Foral_presentation"><span> 17 </span></a> <span class="label">Oral presentation</span> </li> <li class="dropdown"> <button class="count increment-counter" data-toggle="dropdown"> 58 </button> <span class="label">More</span> <div class="dropdown-container"> <ul class="dropdown-menu"> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="12 Participation in workshop, seminar, course" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fworkshopseminarcourseparticipation"><span> <strong>12</strong> Participation in workshop, seminar, course </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="9 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_publiclecture"><span> <strong>9</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="5 Membership of peer review panel or committee" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fmembershippanelcommittee"><span> <strong>5</strong> Membership of peer review panel or committee </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="5 Membership in special-interest organisation" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fspecialinterestorganisation"><span> <strong>5</strong> Membership in special-interest organisation </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="5 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in radio programme" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_radio"><span> <strong>5</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in radio programme </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="4 Membership of research network" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fresearchnetwork"><span> <strong>4</strong> Membership of research network </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="4 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Other" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_other"><span> <strong>4</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Other </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="3 Peer review of manuscripts" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Feditorialwork%2Fpeerreview"><span> <strong>3</strong> Peer review of manuscripts </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="2 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_industrialengagement"><span> <strong>2</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="2 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in TV programme" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_tv"><span> <strong>2</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in TV programme </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="2 Supervision" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fother_supervision"><span> <strong>2</strong> Supervision </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="1 Examination" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fexamination%2Fexamination"><span> <strong>1</strong> Examination </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="1 Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fpublicgovernment"><span> <strong>1</strong> Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="1 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Festival/exhibition" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_festival"><span> <strong>1</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Festival/exhibition </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="1 Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in interview for web based media" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fappearance_web"><span> <strong>1</strong> Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in interview for web based media </span></a> </li> <li class=""> <a class="portal_link" aria-label="1 Visiting an external academic institution" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fvisitother%2Fvisitother"><span> <strong>1</strong> Visiting an external academic institution </span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="flex-break"></div> <div class="chart-container" id="chart-content-activity-by-year" style="display: none;" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <p class="legend">Activities per year</p> <div class="chart-wrapper"> <canvas></canvas> </div> </div> <table id="activity-container-table" class="sr-only" aria-hidden="true"></table> <script> $("#chart-content-activity-by-year").contentChart({ toggle: "button[rel='toggle-activity-chart']", title: "Activities per year", labels: [2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023], values: [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 3, 7, 12, 9, 9, 14, 19, 14, 20, 17, 15, 9, 10, 9], tableContainer: $('#activity-container-table'), }); </script> </div> </div> <div class="relation-list relation-list-activities"> <ul class="list-results"> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_activity rendering_activity_short rendering_talk rendering_short rendering_talk_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="Talk" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/activities/nobel-prize-symposium-a-conversation-with-our-professors" class="link"><span>Nobel Prize Symposium: A conversation with our Professors</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/ngoc-lu-nguyen" class="link person"><span>Lu-Nguyen, N.</span></a> (Speaker)</p><div class="dates"><span class="date">29 Nov 2023</span></div><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Activity<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification_parent">Talk or presentation<span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span></span><span class="type_classification">Invited talk</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_activity rendering_activity_short rendering_talk rendering_short rendering_talk_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="Talk" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/activities/fshd-uk-research-strategy-team-meeting" class="link"><span>FSHD UK Research Strategy Team meeting</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/ngoc-lu-nguyen" class="link person"><span>Lu-Nguyen, N.</span></a> (Speaker)</p><div class="dates"><span class="date">27 Nov 2023</span></div><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Activity<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification_parent">Talk or presentation<span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span></span><span class="type_classification">Invited talk</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_activity rendering_activity_short rendering_attendance rendering_short rendering_attendance_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="Attendance" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/activities/eci-xvii" class="link"><span>ECI XVII</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/rudiger-riesch" class="link person"><span>Rudiger Riesch</span></a> (Invited speaker)</p><div class="dates"><span class="date">5 Sept 2023</span></div><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Activity<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification_parent">Participating in or organising an event<span class="type_parent_sep"> › </span></span><span class="type_classification">Participation in conference</span></p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> <div class="view-all"> <a class="portal_link btn-primary btn-large" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/activities/"><span> View all 183 activities <i class="icon icon-right-open-mini" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-section content-relation-section organisation-prizes"> <div class="container"> <div class="header"> <h2 class="section-title" id="related-prizes-title"> <i class="icon icon-prizes" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="title"> Prizes </span> </h2> </div> <div class="relation-list relation-list-prizes"> <ul class="list-results"> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_prize rendering_short rendering_prize_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="Prize" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/prizes/2010-provosts-phd-dissertation-award" class="link"><span>2010 Provost’s Ph.D. Dissertation Award</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/rudiger-riesch" class="link person"><span>Riesch, Rudiger</span></a> (Recipient), <span class="prize_shortrenderer_date">2011</span></p><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Prize<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification">Prize (including medals and awards)</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_prize rendering_short rendering_prize_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="Prize" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/prizes/best-consideration-of-financial-planning-strategy" class="link"><span>Best consideration of Financial Planning Strategy</span></a></h3><p>Marsh, Jade (Recipient), <span class="prize_shortrenderer_date">1 Dec 2014</span></p><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Prize<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification">Prize (including medals and awards)</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="list-result-item"> <div class="result-container"> <div class="rendering rendering_prize rendering_short rendering_prize_short"><h3 class="title"><a rel="Prize" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/prizes/best-poster-2" class="link"><span>Best poster</span></a></h3><p><a rel="Person" href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/tara-oneill" class="link person"><span>O'Neill, Tara</span></a> (Recipient), <span class="prize_shortrenderer_date">Jun 2020</span></p><p class="type"><span class="type_family">Prize<span class="type_family_sep">: </span></span><span class="type_classification">Prize (including medals and awards)</span></p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> <div class="view-all"> <a class="portal_link btn-primary btn-large" href="/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences/prizes/"><span> View all 54 prizes <i class="icon icon-right-open-mini" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="share-box"> <ul> <li class="icon-share"></li> <li><a aria-label="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/organisations/department-of-biological-sciences%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dsharelink&p[summary]=Check+out+this+research+unit+at+Royal+Holloway+Research+Portal%3A+Department+of+Biological+Sciences" class="icon-facebook" 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